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Joyet 2004 3
More on Literal
My meaning is exactly what I say.
To be literal is to mean what you say. For example:If I tell you to sit down! I mean it literally: “sit down,” as in: “sit in your seat now, please.”
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Joyet 2004 4
and more on Literal
I mean exactly what I say.
Here’s another example.I’m tired and going home.
This means “I’m tired and I’m going home” there is no other meaning other than what is said.
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Joyet 2004 5
Figurative
I’m not suggesting we get into the freezer.
To be figurative is to not mean what you say but imply something else. For example:
If, I tell you: “let’s go chill!”
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Figurative continued
It has nothing to do with temperature.
“let’s go chill” …
…means let’s relax together and do something fun.
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I am hungry as a horse.
You run like a rabbit.
He is sneaky as a snake.
She is happy as a clam.
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The girl was a fish in the water.
The clown was a feather floating away.
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The flowers danced in the wind.
The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.
The friendly gates welcomed us.
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Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.
Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.
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Princess Kitty will kiss Timmy T. Tippers’s lips
The pain may drain Drake, but maybe the weight is fake.
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Chug chug chug!!
Swish swish swish
Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh
Glippp Gluppp Gluppp
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• I will never speak to her again!• I ate a ton of pizza.• If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million
times.
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• As sharp as a tack• He’s a pill• Boom!• The fog crept up the shore
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.• "It beats . . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!“• I’ve got tons of work to do!
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